Publications - Forensic Psychology

The Impressive Top-to-Bottom Makeover of the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice System, by Chris Peak, NationSwell, Feb 8 2017.

How Should Justice Policy Treat Young Offenders?, The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, Feb 2017.

Being incarcerated as a juvenile tied to poor health years later, by Andrew Seaman, Thomson Reuters Health News, Jan 23 2017.

Most youth fare poorly after detention for juvenile offenses, by Will Boggs, MD, Thomson Reuters Health News, Dec 19 2016.

People with traumatic brain injuries more likely to go to prison, by Ronnie Cohen, Reuters, Dec 8 2016.

“Men and women who suffered traumatic brain injuries had more than twice the risk of winding up in a federal prison in Canada as their uninjured peers, a new study shows.  That doesn’t surprise Dr. Geoffrey Manley, a neurosurgeon who runs a trauma center. He knows all too well the long-term struggles of survivors of traumatic brain injuries. ”

To Help A Criminal Go Straight, Help Him Change How He Thinks, by Jack Bush, NPR, Jun 26 2016.

“Hard-core criminals are trapped in a vicious circle of their own thinking. Cognitive treatment of offenders can show them a way out of that trap. With effort and practice, even the most serious offenders can learn to change their thinking about other people and themselves. They can learn to be good citizens, and feel good about it. But in most cases the criminal justice system doesn't present them that opportunity — not in a form that offenders recognize as genuine. ”

Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, by Whitehead, J.; Lab, S., Mar 4 2015.

Boys Become Criminals by Talking About It First, by Anthony Biglan, New York Magazine , Feb 25 2015.

“Tom Dishion and his colleagues were trying to learn more about why some kids become delinquent. He and many other behavioral scientists knew that most adolescents who get in trouble do so with other adolescents. Delinquency is a group enterprise. But Dishion took the research a step further. He wanted to see if he could actually observe the social influence processes that motivate kids to defy adult expectations and engage in criminal acts. ”

Mental Illness and Crime, by Robert A. Schug, Aug 8 2014.

Thousands of prisoners treated for mental illness, by Johnson, Kevin, USA Today , Jul 24 2014.

“The nation's largest prison system has spent more than $36.5 million on psychotropic drugs to treat thousands of offenders in the past four years, according to federal Bureau of Prisons data supplied to USA TODAY. ”

SAMHSA-MacArthur Select States for Initiative to Aid Youth with Behavioral Health Needs, MacArthur Foundation, Jun 20 2014.

Choosing the Future for American Juvenile Justice (Youth, Crime, and Justice), by Zimring, F.; Tanenhaus, D., May 2 2014.

Better Solutions for Youth with Mental Health Needs in the Juvenile Justice System, by The Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Collaborative for Change, The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, Jan 22 2014.

Sex Crime, Offenders, and Society: A Critical Look at Sexual Offending and Policy, by Mancini, C., Dec 6 2013.

Inmates With Mental Illnesses Neglected Inside Toughest U.S. Prison, by Pete Earley, Oct 9 2013.

“More horror stories are surfacing about prisoners with mental illnesses allegedly being abused and neglected inside the federal government’s most secretive maximum security penitentiary. ”